1983 Brit Award Winner (International Artist)
“a proper pop star, someone beamed in from somewhere rather more glittery than here”.
The Quietus
“Mr August Darnell is a person we scarcely seem to deserve, an unusually conscientious and industrious writer, composer, arranger, producer, player, singer, stage manager, character, bon vivant”. NME
Kid Creole, the Sultan of Suave, the High Priest of Hip and the Prince of Pizazz, announced the official launch of his record label 2C2C in 2018, a home for both his own music and for those who refuse to be categorised and pigeon-holed. Kid Creole and the Coconuts is a band who introduced Latin, Calypso and Jive Fusion to a brand-new audience, crossing genres and breaking boundaries throughout their always uplifting releases.
Born in the Bronx, August Darnell adopted the name Kid Creole in 1980. Exposed in his childhood to the melting pot of sounds in New York, Kid’s music is as influenced by Latin, disco, calypso, rock’n’roll, R&B, jazz and funk as it is by the Beatles and Frank Sinatra and Cab Calloway!!!
But what would the Kid be without his Coconuts? Just another tree in the forest. That infamous, glamorous female trio is the perfect foil to Kid’s zoot-suited, larger-than-life personae. Kid loves his Nuts as much as he loves his clothes.
But make no mistake, Kid Creole remains an artist who is incredibly well-read, incisive, irreverent and unafraid to break with conventions on all levels. Enjoying huge success around the world for over 42 years, the band has so far released 17 albums, 7 compilations and more than 30 singles. Their biggest hits to date include ‘Annie I’m Not Your Daddy’, ‘Stool Pigeon’, ‘I’m a Wonderful Thing, baby’, ‘Endicott’, ‘My Male Curiosity’ and ‘The Lifeboat Party’.
2020 saw the 40th anniversary of their first studio album entitled “Off the Coast of Me”. What better way to celebrate than to release a re-mastered special anniversary edition of this superb album on his very own label. And in 2021, the Kid released a brand (might-as-well-be) new album called “Nothin’ Left but the Rest”.
- saw the re-release and re-mastering of albums: Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places, Wise Guy (Tropical Gangsters), Doppelganger and In Praise of Older Women and Other Crimes’.
- the Kid and his Nuts continued entertaining the crowds across the globe and saw some fabulous single releases including a couple of tracks from him pending ‘big band’ album.
2024/5 will see Kid Creole and his merry band of renegades engaging in a world tour (hopefully!) – the biggest tour in their legendary career!
Follow Kid Creole and The Coconuts
Website: https://www.kidcreoleandthecoconuts.com
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YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/KidCreoleandtheCoconuts
